The women's rights movement summary: Women's rights is the fight for the idea that women should have equal rights with men. Over history, this has taken the form of gaining property rights, thewomen's suffrage, or the right of women to vote, reproductiverights, and the right to work for for equal pay.

ssues commonly associated with notions of women's rights include, though are not limited to, the right: to bodily integrity and autonomy; to be free from sexual violence; to vote; to hold public office; to enter into legal contracts; to have equal rights in family law; to work; to fair wages or equal pay; to have reproductive rights; to own property; to education